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Wedding cake designer Shinmin Li started baking wedding cakes after training in fine art. It’s not that jarring of a change, if you think about it. Li owns I Dream of Cake in San Francisco, and spends her time obsessing over cake consistency, design details, and whether her clients will eat the finished product.
If you’re community does not permit you to have legal cake businesses at home, then renting a commercial kitchen is the best way to get started. Here’s a story from the Augusta Chronicle about a group of related businesses shares a space.
Debbie Spangler had a novel idea to cut her business costs.
Five businesses under one [...]
If you are in the early stages of planning a wedding cake decorating business or even if you’ve been in business for a while, it is important that you ask yourself the following questions:
Who are my competitors?
What customer needs and preferences am I competing to meet?
What are the similarities and differences between their products/services and [...]
Here’s an article from The Daily Gleaner, Brunswick News that examines in a high level overview, the scientific principles of cake baking.
Baking is a very “scientific” process… in which all the
ingredients are building blocks that interact, causing chemical
reactions to create the structure of the cake.
Of interest to beginner cake bakers is the notion that it [...]
The amazing Anne Heap of Pink Cake Box was featured on CNN’s Small Business Segment and gave some simple, practical advice to starting her business. This successful small bakery business been featured in People, Modern Bride, and several other publications.
Worth noting here is how they’ve harnessed the power of the web and social websites such [...]
WOW! This is an AWESOME collection of Wedding Cake Sidework Designs, posted by the cakery:
This is a great collection of cake to bookmark and use for reference.
From real and original thecakery owner: ”… If you are a bakery and would like to contact me for ‘how to’s’ you may email me jeannie at the cakery [...]
Turn here showcases local businesses in locations across the world. Watch their video about the fabulous cake shop “I Dream of Cake” on Upper Grant Avenue in San Francisco, CA. I love the purse cake and the incredible detail in the brushwork.
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The art and science of cake decorating, I believe is seeing unparalleled popularity and interest. With this popular awareness we have seen talented sugar artists command higher prices for their cakes. While I think it is awesome that cake decorators are making more money per slice I think it’s important in building a business to [...]
How many of you watch Ace of Cakes? For those of you who don’t know, Ace of Cakes is a reality television show airing on the Food Network.
Now the question I keep hearing about Duff is: Do his cakes taste as good as they look? For most of us having our own television [...]
As you continue to build up your cake idea notebook don’t forget about the cake competitions such as the OKLAHOMA STATE SUGAR ART SHOW . This Cake Competition gets bigger every year and their 2007 theme is “Hollywood Glamour”. If you can’t make it, photos from the event will be posted online. The 2006 Wedding [...]
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